Ice-cream freezer.



B. KUHL.

ICE CREAM FREEZER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 20, 1909.

Patented June 7,1910' TED STATES PATENT @FFTQE.

'BURCHARD KUI-IL, OF ORLANDO, FLORIDA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF 'IO SMITH &HEMENWAY COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF WEST VIRGINIA.

ICE-CREAM. FREEZER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June '7, 1910.

Application filed May 20, 1909. Serial No. 497,254.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BURCHARD KUHL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Orlando, in the county of Orange and State of Florida, haveinvented a new and useful Ice-Cream Freezer, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to ice-cream freezers, and its object is toprovide a device of this character which is simple in construction,cheap to manufacture and which can be entirely formed of metal.

Another object is to provide a device of this character utilizingnormally stationary blades constituting means for scraping frozen creamfrom the wall of a revoluble container.

Another object is to provide simple means whereby a handle can bedetachably connected to the container for the purpose of rotating it.

Another object is to provide scraping blades of novel form.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of certainnovel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter morefully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, the preferred form of the invention hasbeen shown.

In said drawings :Figure 1 is a perspective view of an ice-cream freezerconstructed in accordance with the present invention, a portion thereofbeing broken away. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section through thefreezer. Fig. 3 is a section on line AB Fig. 2.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates themain receptacle or bucket of the freezer, the same being provided atdiametrically opposed points with eyes 2 in which are pivotally mountedloops Shaving their free end portions bent at angles as indicated at 4so as to swing over and frictionally engage opposite portions of a cover5 designed to be placed upon the bucket. This cover has a centralopening 6 for the purpose hereinafter set forth.

A boss 7 1s located upon the center of the bottom of the bucket andextending upwardly from this boss is a spindle 8 the upper end of whichis screw-threaded as indicated at 9.

The cream-container is in the form of a cylindrical can 10 having a tube11 arranged concentrically therein and extending through the bottom ofthe can for a short distance, the lower end of this tube being designedto bear upon the boss, while the upper end of the tube terminates at apoint a short distance below the upper end of the spindle 8. The can 10has a cover 12 provided at its center with a pair of ears 13, and a tube14 is secured upon the can and is spaced from the upper portion thereofand projects beyond the cover 12 when the same is in position upon thecan.

Combined scraping and agitating means is located within the can orcontainer 10 and consists of a base ring 15 from which radiate arms 16.These arms constitute the lower end portions of bail-like members 17 theupper ends of which are connected by a hub 18 having a screw-threadedsocket 19 therein designed to receive and engage the threaded portion ofthe spindle 8. The intermediate portions of the bail-like members 17 arepreferably parallel and located at equal distances from the longitudinalaxis of the agitating means and mounted upon each of these intermediateportions is an elongated blade 20, preferably formed of sheet metal.These blades are so proportioned that when the agitating means arelocated within the container 10, one longitudinal edge of each bladewill bear against the inner surface of the wall of the can andconstitute means for removing from said wall any accumulation of frozencream which may adhere thereto.

The operating handle of the freezer is preferably formed of a metal rodconsist-- ing of non-alining intermediate portions 21 and 21 arrangedalong diverging lines and the adjoining ends of which are connected byan integral portion 22 extending at right angles therefrom, there beingoppositely extending terminals 23 and 24 at the outer ends of therespective intermediate portions 21, the terminal portion 23 beingprovided with a knob 25.

In using the ice cream freezer herein described the can or container 10is placed in the bucket 1 so as to cause the spindle 8 to project intoand through the tube 11, the lower end of said tube bearing upon theboss 7. The agitating means are then placed within the container, thering 15 being lowermost and extending looselyaround the lower portion ofthe tube,-while the hub 18 is screwed on to the threaded end of thespindle. V The scraping edges of the container, after which the coverl2is arranged upon said container and with the ears 13 at oppositesidesof a line extending through the tube 14:. The operating handle is theninserted through the opening 6 in the? cover5 so as to bring theconnecting portion 22 thereof within the opening and the terminal 24within the tube 14. The intermediate portion of the handle and which islocated between the terminal portion 24 and the connecting portion 22 isthen moved downwardly between the bars 13, after which the cover 5 issecured upon the bucket l by swinging the loops 3 into engagementtherewith. It will be seen therefore that when the handleis rotated thecontainer 10 will be moved therewithabout'thespindle '8" andany creamwhich ma freeze upon the inner surface of the container will bescrapedtherefrom by the blades 20. Itwill be apparent also] thatinasmuchj'as these blades are disposed at angles to 'the' arms 16, theywill also operate as paddles for ,the purpose of thoroughly agitatingthat por- V tion of thecream not frozen.

It will be seen that a freezer "sashes 'h'erein' described can becheaply manufac- .ment of scraping and agitating blades being such as toIrenderthe cream very smooth f when frozenI f All of the parts can bereadily removed i "and cleaned, and it will be noted that there arepnonuts, screws or other parts which are likely to become lost. i

'I tiis of course tobe understood that Various changes may be made inthe; construction and arrangementlof the parts without together.

departing from the spirit or sacrificing the advantages of theinvention.

What is claimed is V 1. An. ice-cream freezer including; a bucket, acontainer mounted for rotation therein, fixed scraping means Within thecontainer, a closure removably mounted upon the container, spacedprojecting devices thereon, an apertured closure upon the bucket andabove the container, an operating handle Within the apertured closureand detachably seated between the projecting devices upon the closure ofthe container, and means upon the container for engaging one endportionof the operating handle, said handle and the container beingrevoluble 2. In an ice-cream freezer, the combination of an icereceptacle, a cream can mountengaging said element, said meansconstitutoperating handle, said handle and cream can being revolubletogether. I

closure; and means carried by said cream can for engagmg'one end portionof the In testimony thatI' .c'laim'the foregoing as my own, I haveheretoaifixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses,

BUROHARD KUHL.

Witnesses:

ROLAND C. BOOTH, V C. E. PREINKERT.

